poetry

In this anthology of poems selected by Wiman, joy comes in modest and unlikely guise.

National Poetry Month is over, but there's plenty of good poetry to get us through the next 11 months.

After many years looking at life in all its idiosyncrasies, Lea offers his 12th collection. It's intimate and authentic.

Paul Willis's poems reveals epiphanies in the midst of everyday life.

In these troubling times, we asked some of our favorite writers to tell us about books (and other things) that bring hope and healing.

Literature and film from England, Hungary, Japan, and Korea

This year, I've read the poetry of Mark Jarman, Tess Taylor, and Nicole Sealey with gratitude.

We received many poems we would have been pleased to print. In the end we chose two.

Two anthologies locate grace in unexpected places.

Kahf turns the stories of biblical and Qur'anic women to see their many facets.

The Still Pilgrim—seemingly Angela Alaimo O'Donnell's alter ego—reflects joy and longing. 

Philip Kolin's longtime spiritual director was a chain-smoking oblate who fed everyone.

Miss Brooks would be 100 years old today. Her poetic-prophetic vision is worth celebrating.

Molly McCully Brown recovers the lives of women at an institution notorious for its eugenics program.

Marie Howe’s poems present Magdalene in many forms, contemporary and ancient.

Looking for a gift for a mother in your life? Here are some possibilities.

These are not poetic times. We live and breathe prose.

When arguments fail us, we turn to words of wonder.

A new biography reveals the poet’s devotion to his vocation. It also reveals his loneliness.

Johnny Cash was a lot of things. Was he a literary writer?